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Parking

Parking for bball games has turned into a fiasco. Got there 30 minutes before tip and parked east/southeast football stadium lot (s6). Never been this bad. I don't think we suddenly sold 5,000 more tickets did we? Discuss please...

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Three thoughts on this:

1. If walking from JTS to Hilton is a huge issue for you, you should look into a handicapped pass.
2. Parking at Hilton is way better than parking at many other basketball arenas where you have to walk all the way across campus to get there.
3. Getting out can take forever and I think it's a ploy by Learfield to drive up ratings on the post game show.

All in all, I'll take a long walk and wait to get out in exchange for a full Hilton any day.

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The parking itself is very good.
Getting people out is very bad. Some of that surely has to do with the large crowds we draw. Some of that has to do with some poor organization by the traffic control people, especially on the south side.

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Does CyRide do any special basketball game routes?
It would make sense to use somewhere that's got a lot of spots-maybe Vet Med/Research Park and have dedicated buses running between them and make sure that they can get in and out of Hilton quickly to get people back and forth.

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Originally Posted by PlanoClone

Parking for bball games has turned into a fiasco. Got there 30 minutes before tip and parked east/southeast football stadium lot (s6). Never been this bad. I don't think we suddenly sold 5,000 more tickets did we? Discuss please...

they announced "sold out", but big empty areas behind cyclone alley.

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Originally Posted by JP4CY

Does CyRide do any special basketball game routes?
It would make sense to use somewhere that's got a lot of spots-maybe Vet Med/Research Park and have dedicated buses running between them and make sure that they can get in and out of Hilton quickly to get people back and forth.

Park anywhere along the red route (#1). There's a stop right by the Hilton marquee, on both sides of Lincoln Way. Runs every 20 minutes on Saturdays.

It's about 12-13 minutes from the West Ames Hy-Vee to Hilton, and 15 minutes from North Grand Mall to Hilton.

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Originally Posted by PlanoClone

If it is due to other events, fine. If not, I'd like to understand what is causing the cluster.

There were other events at Scheman and Stephens today, and Scheman/Stephens/Fisher last week. For lack of a better term, the Iowa State Center still "controls" the A and B lots. That's why those are general public/non-donor parking for MBB.

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I'm sure all the reasons mentioned above have some validity, but truly, getting in and out is much worse this year. I do think this is a good problem to have because it's in part because people are coming to the games in droves, even the blow outs like today, but it is also clear to me that the folks managing this have changed something up and it's not working.

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It hasn't been a huge problem this season, but the biggest change is C6 and D4 have turned for GA lots to Donor lots, which in turn has pushed a lot pf people to parking in the Jack Trice lots. Like I said, has not been a huge issue, but definitely a noticeable change for those of us who used to ALWAYS park in those lots.

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I've found that parking on North Riverside Drive is much easier. The walk is comparable to most spots in the parking lot and it is a lot quicker getting out compared to the lots.

Originally Posted by johnnydugouts

MM and gesell are pretty much a wash. is niang a better player than woodbury? of course, but that doesnt mean its a good matchup for him, especially with a much more athletic defensive player backing up woodbury.

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